diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/file/watcher/AbstractFileWatcher.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/file/watcher/AbstractFileWatcher.java
index d8a29cc47..b2dfa830c 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/file/watcher/AbstractFileWatcher.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/file/watcher/AbstractFileWatcher.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileWatcher implements AutoCloseable {
                 Path context = event.context();
 
                 // ignore contexts with a name count of zero
-                if (context.getNameCount() == 0) {
+                if (context == null || context.getNameCount() == 0) {
                     continue;
                 }